at these moments in russia, votes are being counted in the presidential election. more than 99% of ballots have already been processed. vladimir putin leads by a record margin. the central election commission reports that the russian leader was supported by 87.32% of voters. in second place is the candidate from the communist party of the russian federation nikolai. kharitonov, he scored 4.32%. third

vladislav davankov, new people from the party, he has 3.79, the leader of the ldpr is fourth with a score of 3.19. the turnout at the elections exceeded 74%. and a record was set in remote electronic voting. according to the figures, 94% used this method voters. vladimir putin named the key tasks facing russia at a press conference.

i want to say again that this is an extremely important thing, it is not of a formal legal nature, the source of power in the country is the russian people, and is made up of the votes of every citizen of russia. the unified will of the peoples of the russian federation is drawn up, this is the most important support for the existence of the country, its confident development in the field of defense capability, in the field of science, education, and in all other important directions. of course, vladimir putin could not help but mention the unprecedented external pressure that is being exerted on the country.

and not only communicates with his employees, but also answers questions from journalists, this was the case in 2018, in fact, this is exactly how it happened today, the reporters had a lot of questions, of course, they congratulated vladimir putin on his obviously won victory, but they also asked about current events,

including about the absolutely brutal shelling of the belgorod region about those people who call themselves the russian volunteer corps or rdk, posing as some... patriots who are supposedly trying to liberate their native russian land, this is not patriotism, but a real betrayal, vladimir putin said about this, answering questions from journalists , he recalled that there are always traitors one end awaits, they took arms in their hands against their country, against their homeland, we do not have the death penalty, but we will always treat these people, now in the future.

this has never happened in the states, it has happened more than once, by the way, well, here i am for you i’ll say, it will be so unexpected, a few days before mr. navalny’s departure from life. some colleagues told me, and not just administration employees, some people there said that there is an idea to exchange mr. navalny for some people who are in prison in western countries, you can believe me, you can not, the person

who spoke to me , hadn’t finished the sentence yet, but i said, i agree, but unfortunately, what happened happened, only... on one condition, i said that we let’s change him so that he doesn’t come back, let him sit there, what the collective west is doing today, literally continuing to pump ukraine with weapons and scaring russia. saying that if there are no weapons, then, of course, russia can go further than ukraine, this is generally quite well-known rhetoric, and it is known why ukraine is using these most supplied western weapons today, including to hit peaceful belgorod. how can this be stopped? vladimir putin spoke today about the sanitary zone, the idea he voices not for the first time, however, today a little more.

moreover, the turnout was higher than in previous presidential elections. at the moment there is no person who can compete with our president. i am convinced that he must complete the work that he began during the special military operation. the american washington post confirms that the bombing only led to the fact that belgorod residents began to support vladimir putin even more. the author of the article surveyed the townspeople and found out that even those who had gone before voted out of principle. avoided politicians. the attacks on peaceful areas did not weaken the morale of the russians. the townspeople

remembered the exploits of their ancestors during the great patriotic war and are now calling on the russian army to hit the enemy even harder, the washington post adds. western experts explain to viewers and readers of leading french british media why the majority of russian residents supported putin in the elections. vladimir putin. vladimir putin is popular, and no matter how strange it may seem, the conflict has added to his popularity.

pre-judged voting in the new russian regions, which is why there are no observers from these organizations at the elections, but the electoral process is monitored by more than 1,100 other observers from 129 countries, and as the south african tv channel tells viewers, these experts have no complaints about the organization of the elections. i have been at this polling

station since the morning, i spoke with several observers from different countries, they confirmed the elections. are proceeding normally, they did not find any violations, observers from mali added, no one invited them to the elections in the united states or europe, and russia gave them the opportunity to be observers in their elections. all observers confirm that russians have the opportunity to freely express their will. putin is on his way to victory with a record result, reports the american agency bloomberg. the absolute majority of citizens support the current president, including because the country's economy is successful. overcame the consequences of unprecedented international sanctions. russia successfully redirects trade away from markets unfriendly western countries to asian markets. and the lebanese tv channel almayadeen explains the record turnout in the presidential elections by the fact that the russian people support their leader, the special military operation and the government’s actions to reduce the effect of anti-russian sanctions.

a british expert recognizes putin’s leadership qualities in an interview with the bbc. he presents himself as a guarantor of the law, as a person who strictly observes the law, in contrast to the west with its large-scale violations. victory in the elections allows confirm his role as a legitimate spokesman for the will of the russian people. the same tv channel showed a report from the estonian-russian border. the bbc correspondent admitted that in the eu country there is a whole category of people whom the state refuses to recognize as citizens. they have russian passports and specifically crossed the border to vote. the respondent explained why these people generally refused to communicate on camera. they were afraid that if they admitted that they voted, it would cause problems for them. the bbc journalist did not clarify that people who have merely exercised their civil rights are threatened with reprisals from a supposedly rule-of-law state, a member of the european union. one of the voters, however, was not afraid

to openly declare her choice. for putin, he is closer to me, i understand him, i have character. the voter added, she sees how putin cares about his country ’s people, according to the bbc reporter, the rest of the russian-speaking residents of estonia with whom he managed to communicate at the border, not on camera, also supported the russian president, the reporter noted that this was another example that putin’s victory was a foregone conclusion. anton dadykin, matey popov, lead. now economic news, konstantin churikov joins me, konstantin, good morning, the results of the presidential elections are also related to raban, hello, of course, and this was noted by vladimir putin, speaking about the high level of support in the new regions. so, in the statements of the head of state during his speech at the election headquarters, there was a place for the economy, answering the question about the enormous support from the residents new regions, vladimir putin noted that he did not expect such a high result, and

this is evidence of the correctness of the course in relation to donbass and novorossia, which, among other things, presupposes their economic so that these aspirations of the people who live in this territory, all their aspirations are realized. on other topics, vladimir putin instructed to exempt special operation fighters from paying interest. during credit holidays. this order from the head of state was published on the kremlin website. to do this, the government needs to make changes to legislative acts. in addition,

svo participants and their loved ones will be exempt from paying property tax for individuals. today is exactly 10 years since crimea and sevastopol returned to russia. the reunification of the peninsula has brought only benefits, the numbers speak for themselves. gdp growth is more than 4 and a half times... these are the data provided by the senator from crimea olga kovitedi. such impressive figures were largely achieved thanks to large-scale investments in infrastructure development. from 15 to 23 years for development about 430 billion rubles were allocated to the road transport network. during this time , almost 300 km of new roads were built, 4,000 were repaired. unprecedented. the tourism industry has received an impetus; before reunification with russia, all this was simply impossible, experts say. crimea

has changed radically, before ukraine took away its resources, now russia brought its resources there, this was a fundamental change in the situation of crimea, because ukraine sucked the juices from crimea, just as it sucked them from donbass. donbass and crimea were provided. more to use their own resources to a greater extent, to free up more of the economic energy of their society. meanwhile, european countries, having spent a lot on pumping weapons into ukraine, are now feverishly looking for means of their own defense. it got to the point where they asked to invest in the military industry of the european union.

a section of the hamas underground infrastructure in the north of the gaza strip, footage from the tunnels was published by the press service of the israeli army. a ground operation is underway in other areas of the enclave, they are looking for fighters of the palestinian movement,

for example, in the ashshifa hospital. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that despite international pressure, the operation in rafah in the south of the gas strip will be carried out in a few weeks. those who say that the operation in rafahi will not take place are the same ones who spoke. that is why i repeat, we will be operating in rafah in just a few weeks. but meanwhile, at least nine palestinians were killed when the israeli military blew up a residential building in a refugee camp in the central part of the gaza strip, al jazeera reports. according to arabic tv channel, six more dead , three wounded in hanyunis on... general clave. doctors are evacuating the wounded to hospitals, but there are almost no free places there. ambulances deliver medicine and food to local residents, and local assistance helps reduce the burden on hospitals. north korea

launched three ballistic missiles. this was reported by the japanese kyuoda agency with reference to the ministry of defense. all missiles flew 350 km and fell in the sea of ​​japan outside japan's exclusive economic zone. fifa president amounted to 2.2 million pounds, this a third more than the previous year, taking into account the bonus of one and a half million for hosting the women's

world cup last year, infantina will earn. more than 3.5 million pounds per year. three-time olympic champion alexander bolshenov extended his winning streak to 23 races. the athlete won the skiathlon at the russian championship in malinovka, arkhangelsk region. this time, bolshinov’s gap from his pursuers was tiny. alexey chervodkin, who came second, was only 3 seconds behind the season leader. it seemed that chervodkin would be the first in the season, who will steal the gold from bulshenov, who felt unwell before the start. the olympic champion looked so powerful. competition became anastasia kuleshova. magnitogorsk metallurgist beat spartak on home ice 4:0. in the first match of the 1/4 finals of the gagarin cup. the best attack of the first round was powerless against the magnitogorsk defense. and aska lost to avtomobilist, also in the first match of the second round of the khl playoffs, with a score of

3:2, the visiting team won. scored goals in the lineup ekaterinburg residents were noted by semyon kizimov, alexey makeev and denis bartsev, who scored the winning goal. marat kharulin and sergei sapega scored for cska. st. petersburg team goalkeeper nikita serebryakov's dry streak broke, which lasted almost 117 minutes. in the national hockey league, corolina defeated otava 6:2 on a visit, alexander ovechkin's former partner in washington, dmitry orlov and evgeny kuznetsov scored six points between them. for orlov, this match became the most productive in carolina. the defender scored two goals and scored two more assists. kuznetsov scored a goal plus an assist, evgeniy extended his scoring streak to three meetings. carolina won its sixth victory in its last seven games and continues to challenge artemi panarin's rangers for the championship in the capital division. the former coaches of the russian national football team often play handball. on friday

there will be a match series between the men's teams of russia and belarus. visited stanislav cherchesov, on sunday oleg romantsev already made a symbolic throw before the start of the decisive games. there were some surprises; the first pass from the coach of the record holder for the number of victories in the russian football championships did not work out. romantsev did not know that players lubricate the handball ball with special velcro for better control. but this did not cause anything other than smiles among the participants. as for the match, russia won it on a whim and won the super series, leaving open the question of the future of team coach velimir petka. it was a repeat of last year's final, where the spaniard was also stronger. medvedev started the match confidently and immediately took the lead in the first set with a 3:0 break, but the spaniard managed to get into the game and lost the situation, bringing the matter to a tiebreak, where he managed to put the pressure on medvedev 7:6. in the second set the fight didn’t work out at all. the russian lost it by one wicket, 1:6. thus, al-qaras

won its first title. season and the thirteenth in his career, and medvedev lost his second final of the season and fifth in a row. fans of turkish trabzan attacked the fenerbahce players on the field after they won an away victory with a score of 3:2. fans rushed onto the lawn as the players the istanbul team celebrated the victory in the central circle and attacked the players. security forces had to intervene in the situation. the players ran towards the room under the stands, but foreign objects continued to fly at them from the stands. bakhcha with 79 points is in second place in the championship table, two points behind the leading golodosaray. trabzon sport scored 49 points and is in third place. that's true sports news, see you next hour.